Wannacry Ransomware: recent cyber-attack

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Series Details 13.05.17
Publication Date 13/05/2017
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Hospitals, companies and other organisations across Europe, Asia and the United States were hit by a cyberattack on the 12 May 2017 which was said by Europe's police agency Europol to be 'unprecedented' in its scale.

Among companies affected were the Spanish telecoms company Telefónica, Spanish energy companies Iberdrola and Gas Natural, Portugal Telecom, Germany’s national railway company Deutsche Bahn and French carmaker Renault. Health services were also badly affected in countries such as the United Kingdom.

The European Cybercrime Centre, EC3, at Europol worked closely with affected countries cybercrime units and key industry partners to mitigate the threat and assist victims. The attack would require a complex international investigation to identify the culprits. The Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (JCAT), at EC3 was a group of specialist international cyber investigators and was specially designed to assist in such investigations and would play an important role in supporting the investigation.

Source Link Link to Main Source https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/wannacry-ransomware-recent-cyber-attack
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Website: No More Ransom https://www.nomoreransom.org/
Europol: Protecting Europe: European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) https://www.europol.europa.eu/ec3
Politico, 13.05.17: Europol: Cyberattack ‘unprecedented’ in scale http://www.politico.eu/article/europol-cyberattack-unprecedented-in-scale/
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Deutsche Welle, 13.05.17: Major 'ransomware' attack strikes worldwide targets http://p.dw.com/p/2ctvX
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The Conversation: Tag: Ransomware https://theconversation.com/uk/topics/ransomware-9587
Euro|Topics: Debates, May 2017: Could the cyber attack have been avoided? http://www.eurotopics.net/en/179208/could-the-cyber-attack-have-been-avoided
Europol: Press Release, 04.04.17: No More Ransom adds 15 new decryption tools as record number of partners join global initiative https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/no-more-ransom-adds-15-new-decryption-tools-record-number-of-partners-join-global-initiative
Carnegie Europe: Strategic Europe, 17.05.17: Judy Asks: Can Europe Deal With Cyberattacks? http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/69992?lang=en
Chatham House: Expert Comment, 18.05.17: The Internet of Things Will Be Even More Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/internet-things-will-be-even-more-vulnerable-cyber-attacks
ENISA: Press Release, 15.05.17: WannaCry Ransomware: First ever case of cyber cooperation at EU level https://www.enisa.europa.eu/news/enisa-news/wannacry-ransomware-first-ever-case-of-cyber-cooperation-at-eu-level
Blog: LSE British Politics and Policy, 12.06.17: WannaCry: the ransomware attack on the NHS and what we can learn from it http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/wannacry-the-ransomware-attack-on-the-nhs-and-what-we-can-learn-from-it/

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